kinda insane how much the -PDO has been eaten into over the last couple of months. that likely continues over the next month or so aside from the brief jet overextension from Christmas-NYE
waters near Japan actually have negative anomalies. who could've thought
I don't see that at all... there's strong HP over the top as the coastal takes shape. this looks like snow or bust with the evolution on the 12z GFS / CMC